Planter and cultivator.



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SVEND G. SVENSEN, OF TAYLOR, TEXAS.

PLANTER AND CULTIVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 660,599, dated October30, 1900. Application ined :time 27, 1899. seria No. 722.038. No man.)

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Beit knownu that I, S'vEND G. SvENsEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Taylor, Williamson county, Texas, haveinvented anImprovement in a Combined Planter (cot.- ton and corn) and Cultivator,of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in planters and cultivators.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofcultivators and planters and to provide a comparatively-inexpensive oneadapted to have the planting devices removed to change it to acultivator, so that after corn or cotton has been planted it may becultivated.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement. of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a machine constructedin accordance with this invention and arranged for planting. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view. Fig.4 is a plan view.

Like n umerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 designates an arched frame composed of transverse connecting-bars 2and 3, longitu-A dinal bars 4, and depending substantially V- shapedloops or arms 5, designed to be adjustably connected at the upperterminals of` their sides to the transverse bars 2 and 3 and provided attheir bottoms or apexes with bearings receiving horizontal sleeves 6, inwhich are journaled short shafts 7. The loops or arms are shaped at thebottom to conform to the configuration of the sleeves and are connectedabove the same by fastening devices 8. The longitudinal bars areconnected in advance of the bar 3 by a cross-bar 9, which is connectedwith the said bar 3 by a central brace 10, and its ends are extendedbeyond the longitudinal bars and are connected with the outer ends ofthe sleeves by inclined bracing-rods l1. The extended ends of thecrossbar 9 also support depending bars 12, with which the draftmechanism is connected and which are connected with the axles byflexiconnected with the transverse bars 14 at theA center thereof, andthe links 16 and 17 extend. .from the ends of the transverse bars to theaxles and are flexibly connected at their adjacent. ends. The draftmechanism may be arranged in any suitable manner, and instead ofemploying three'singletrees 18, as illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, more or less may be used, as will be readily apparent. Theaxles receive carryingwheels 19 on -their outer ends and are provided attheir inner ends with sprocket-wheels 20, which are rotated by the saidcarrying-wheels when lthe latter are fixed to the axles by means ofclamping-screws 21, mounted on the hubs of the wheels, near the outerends thereof, and adapted to be adjusted to enable the wheels` to turnindependently of the axles and to make them rigid withthe same. Thesprocketwheels 2O are connected by sprocket-chains 22 withsprocket-wheels 23, mounted on the shaft 23?, and arranged, at the innersides of seed-hoppers 24 and connected with the mechanism for feedingthe seed and for causing the same to be discharged uniformly. Theseed-hoppers are mounted upon frames 25, and the feeding devices, whichmay be ot' any desired construction, are notillustrated, as they do notform any part of the present invention. A pair of frames 25 is employed,and each frame, Which extends rearward from one ofthe axles, is hingedat its front end to the same and is composed of longitudinal bars orbeams 'and is adapted to swing upward and downward to elevate it totheposition illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 2 and to lower it to theground to the position shown in full lines in the said figure. Thehinged frames 25 may be adjusted transversely of the machine byadjusting the loops or arms 5 on the transverse bars 2 and 3 of'thearched frame. The hinged frames are adjusted by means of levers 26,fulcrumed between their ends on the arched frame and provided with asuitable spring-actuated detent or pawl for engaging a curved ratchet27. The lower end of the lever 26 is suitably connected with theadjacent hinged frame, preferably by means of a chain 28 and a rod 29,and when the lever is swung downward the hinged frame will be swungupward from the ground. Each hinged frame carries a double plow 30,which is adapted to throw oi a thin layer of the soil in the usualmanner, and a furrowopener 3l is located in rear of the plow and inadvance of the seed-tube 32. After the seed is deposited in the furrowit is covered by a pair of rear shovels 33, connected with the beams ofthe frame 25, atr the rear ends thereof. The hinged frames, which areprovided with suitable handles, may be entirely removed after theoperation of planting has been completed, and other frames havingcultivating devices may be substituted for theln.

A seat 34 is provided for the accom modation of the driver and issupported by a caster-wheel 35, which is mounted in a fork orbifurcation of a standard 36, and the latter is connected at its upperand lower portions by braces 37 and 38, which are substantiallyV-shaped. What I claim is- 1. In a machine of the class described, thecombination of the arched frame having depending arms, axles journaledon the arms, carrying-wheels arranged at the outer ends of' the axlesand provided with means for engaging the same, whereby they may bearranged either fast or loose on the axles, rearwardly-extending frameshingedly connected with the axles, seed-hoppers mounted on the hingedframes and designed to be provided with suitable feed mechanism andhaving sprocket-wheels, sprocket-wheels mounted on the axles,sprocket-chains connecting the sprocket-wheels of the axles, and theseedhoppers, and adjusting devices for raising and lowering the hingedframes, substantially as described.

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination of the archedframe having desectes gaging the same, whereby they may be arrangedeither fast or loose on theaxles, rearwardly-extendin g fram es hingedlyconnected with the axles, seed-hoppers mounted on the hinged frames anddesigned to be provided with suitable feed mechanism and havingsprocketwheels, sprocket-wheels mounted on the axles, sprocket-chainsconnecting the sprocket-wheels of the axles, and the seedhoppers,adjusting devices for raising and lowering the hinged frames, a standardarranged between the hinged frames and located in rear of the archedframe and pro vided with.a seat, a wheel supporting the standard, andbraces connecting the standards with the arched frame, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a machine of the class described, the combination of an archedframe, axles journaledon the arched frame, carrying-wheels arranged atthe outer ends of the axles and provided with means for engaging thesame, whereby they may be made fast or loose on the same,rearwardly-extending frames hingedly connected with the axles, hoppersmounted on the hinged frames and designed to be provided with suitablefeed mechanism, gearing extending from the hoppers to the inner ends ofthe axles, adjusting devices for raising and lowering the hinged frames,a standard arranged between'the hinged frames in rear of the archedframe, and provided with a seat, a wheel supporting the standard, andbraces connecting the standard with the arched frame, substantially asdescribed.

SVEND G. SVENSEN.

Witnesses:

T. B. HYDE, C. I-I. SCHNELL.

